Improvement in portable fence



@tutti @Wina PETER, MCGOLLUM, or FAYETTE, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 91,651, dated .Tune 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT I IN PORTABLE FENCE.

, The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.:V

Be it known that I, PETER MCCOLLUM, of `Fa ette, in the county of Howard, and State of Missouri,

have made certain new and useful Improvements in .Portable Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and correctdescription thereof', reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to form a fence, the parts whereof are independent panels, which may readily be connected or disconnected, and which may therefore be radil y adj usted iu any required form or position,

" To enable those herein skilled to make and use my said invention, I'will now fully describe the same, -referr-ing herein to the accompanying- Figures 1 and 2, as elevations ot' consecutive indei pendent panels, and to v `Figures 3 and 4, as elevation and plan respectively, showing the panels locked together.

In all said figures the manner of locking, and the construction ot' parts therefor, is shownin tull only on the adjoining ends of the consecutive panels.

I form the one panel A 0i' a series of horizontal bars,

a, attached in the ordinary manner to the vertical ribs or battens b. y

In this panel Iuse a hatten, b', on the reverse side ofthe bars a, thus gaining, by the contiguous hatten baud b', double points of attnclnneut and support for the lockinghooks or brackets B, the connection of said brackets to the battons() and b being made between the slats g, and by screws, nails, or otherwise.

The brackets B are arranged with raised ends or projections b".

'Ihe other panel O is formed of horizontal bars c and vertical ribsd, generally in a. manner similar to the panel A, but the contiguous ribsl d zl are here placed on one-and the same side of the bars c.

In connecting the said panels, the panel C will be lifted up so/that the hooks B ofthe papel A may pass between ,the bars c; the panel being then dropped to a, rest/on the ground, the projecting ends b of the said hooks will prevent the withdrawal.

In order, ho\vever,'to prevent disengagement of said panels more etlectually, I arrange the sliding keypiece D, having a slot, d2, and held by a pin, dx, to the end-rib b ot the first panel. I

This key fits, in width, neatly between the corresponding bars c of the second panel, so thatwrhen the same is movedA forward into its position of vproj-)er engagement, indicated in fig. 3, the panel C cannot be lift-ed up or lowered without carrying with it the'panell A also; Then, as the brackets B preveut'the panels from being drawn apart in a horizontal movement, th lock will be seen to be complete. i

In the position thus achieved, it will be seen that the end rib d ofthe panelG rests and presses upon the bars a, of the 'panel A, and the brackets B rest and press upon the ribdl of the panel C, and, as said brackets are-doubly secured by attachments'at the ribs b and b', it is plain that the parts are irml y braced against each other, and intel-linked, to aliord great security against side-pressures, as heretofore stated to be in the nat-ure of this invention.

By withdrawing the key D, the panel G may;V then be raised and disengaged from the brackets B, and thus a separation of the fence into its independent panels is readily achieved. I

rIhe connecting panels will usually t'orm a very obtuse angle with each other, thus forming a zigzag line, but said panels may be placed at--any required angle,

. and thus enclose spaces oi'any required outline.

Having thus fully described uy invention,

What I claim, is-

1.' The panels C, joined by brackets B and the sliding-key` D, substantially as set forth.

2. The'bars a, battens b and b, when combined with the bars c, and battens d and el, and the brackets B, substantially as set forth.

In witness of 4said invention, I have hereunto setmy hand, in the presence of PETER MCGOLLUM.

Witnesses:

I. I. WATTS, T. W. RADFORD. 

